Regular exercise, such as brisk walking, reduces total and intra-abdominal body fat among overweight and obese postmenopausal women, a study by a Yale researcher has found. “Previously sedentary postmenopausal women who exercised for more than 195...
Financial ties among industry, scientific investigators and academic institutions can influence research outcomes, Yale researchers have found in a comprehensive study of financial conflicts of interest in biomedical research. “Our findings confirm...
Senior hospital managers influence efforts to improve quality of care, a Yale study reports in the current issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management. The study indicates that the culture of a hospital, as fostered by the hospital managers, may...
A drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease, selegiline hydrochloride, also appears to help smokers quit smoking, according to a study at Yale. The study, published in the January 15 issue of the journal Biological Psychiatry, was conducted by Tony...
Functional impairment and laboratory abnormalities, combined with diseases, offer the most accurate prediction of which elderly persons are most likely to die within one year after being hospitalized, a Yale researcher has found. In a study published...
Vulvodynia, a gynecological condition characterized by constant or recurring complaints of vulvar itching, burning and/or painful sexual intercourse, is the subject of an ongoing study at Yale School of Medicine. “For years, women experiencing...
Stephen Fleck, M.D., professor emeritus of psychiatry and in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale School of Medicine, died on December 19 at age 90. Fleck and his principal co-investigator, Theodore Lidz, worked from the late...
Yale’s Bright Beginnings program has received a $25,000 grant from The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven to help maintain the program and to replicate its success throughout the Greater New Haven community. The grant was funded through the...
Psychiatric patients who continue to hear voices despite medication experience relief when an area of the brain responsible for speech perception is stimulated with magnetic waves, Yale researchers have found. The results of the repetitive...
The Yale Center for Genomics and Proteomics, which was established last year with an investment of over $200 million from the University, has announced its first round of pilot grants to members of the faculty. These grants will provide pilot funding...